as in pioneer
someone who is the first to do something or be somewhere
The deep-sea explorer set out to discover shipwrecks long lost to history.
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This fictional story about how the daughter of Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto was buried in Sarasota Bay often gets credit for decades worth of storms that have spared the region.
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Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 13 Oct. 2024
In addition to Rush, those killed in the implosion included French explorer and Titanic expert Paul Henri Nargeolet, British businessman Hamish Harding, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son, Suleman.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2024
Also rare sightings for cave explorers are sophisticated Maya paintings on cave walls close to the entrances of cenotes.
—Martin Broen, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Oct. 2024
Chief creative officer Daniel Lee, who worked under Philo as Celine’s director of womenswear from 2008 to 2017, wanted to to reimagine Burberry’s tradition of creating weatherproof clothing for explorers and military personnel with materials such as moleskin, wool and leather.
—Maggie Clancy, WWD, 17 Sep. 2024
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Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 13 Oct. 2024
In addition to Rush, those killed in the implosion included French explorer and Titanic expert Paul Henri Nargeolet, British businessman Hamish Harding, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son, Suleman.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2024
Also rare sightings for cave explorers are sophisticated Maya paintings on cave walls close to the entrances of cenotes.
—Martin Broen, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Oct. 2024
Chief creative officer Daniel Lee, who worked under Philo as Celine’s director of womenswear from 2008 to 2017, wanted to to reimagine Burberry’s tradition of creating weatherproof clothing for explorers and military personnel with materials such as moleskin, wool and leather.
—Maggie Clancy, WWD, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Explorer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explorer. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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